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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Britain’s canals are dying for want of money. Please sign the petition to make the waterways viable again. c.org/JG96KSfKhx

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Fund Britain's Waterways

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

What is the point of paying for #Amazon #Prime video when we are then forced to watch adverts. Damned greedy b*st*rds.

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Footballers are paid ridiculous amounts of money for what? Play acting and continuous fouls. Spain v. Argentina is one of the worst top level matchecs I have seen. #WorldCupFinal

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

UK Pensioners are now paying tax on their state pensions. This is discriminating on old age. Raise the tax threshold for pensioners. c.org/k4pCgSktW6

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STOP THE STATE PENSION BEING TAXED: RAISE TAX THRESHOLD: SUPPORT COLETTE!

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

"The Israeli foreign ministry said it did not use live ammunition and vowed "not permit any breach of the lawful naval blockade on Gaza".They are currently being detained at Ashdod port, it is understood." Since when is the blockade of Gaza "legal"?

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I just signed the petition calling on the government to cap energy prices by making big energy companies profiting off war pay their fair share! Will you add your name? my.uplift.ie/petitions/ca... @uplift.ie

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Cap electricity prices

I just signed the petition calling on the government to cap energy prices by making big energy companies profiting off war pay their fair share! Will you add your name?

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

The great Packie Bonner, the Keynote speaker at the Rose Conference in Tralee. #District71Toastmasters

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Right now I am attending a conference in the Rose Hotel in Tralee, Co Kerry. I thought I would write a little blog post mob.tiglammax.com/blog/rosecon...

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Toastmasters District 71 Rose Conference | MOBMedia - Moira O'Brien

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Reposted from Macroom Noticeboard: The protestors have lost my support as the town of Macroom was shut down this afternoon, totally without cause. By all means protest at the government but do NOT close down a small market town.... /cont

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 07/04/2026

Donald Trump's latest shocking threats against Iran would amount to war crimes. The UK cannot be complicit. Keir Starmer must withdraw US access to UK air bases now.

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I find it so hard to understand why so many people argue against moving to clean energy. Money talks, and I am saving a considerable amount of money/energy from my solar panels. I wish I could have wind vanes on my roof as well, but the technology is yet to make it worthwhile. #climatechange

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

You, Trump, caused the Strait of Hormuz to be closed with your illegal WAR. Telling us to go fix it is just insulting. We did not support you because your WAR is illegal and we follow international law - unlike you.

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Donald Trump is evidencing his cognitive decline so much that it is obvious to even this 81 year old correspondent. Why is it not so obvious to the sycophants in the administration AND congress that they must take action. Unbelievable. Tare they making a lot of money from him? #trump #Dementia

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Will Trump never learn? One thing that global trade needs is certainty and stability. Trump's bullying is producing neither.

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

To the Irish Aviation Authority who are now restricting drones flying over Cork in order to allow commercial company to use the airspace. This stinks of corruption. Make the commercial operators follow the same "safety" rules that we recreational pilots do. Don't change the rules so they can make €€

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

If history teaches us anything, the creation of prison camps should bring a chill down the back of every American. The Trump administration is looking more and more like Hitler’s Germany in the late 1930s. youtube.com/shorts/Y1UgY...

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Maddow on Trump's ICE detention expansion plans: 'If they build them, they will fill them'

YouTube video by MS NOW

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I admit that I never liked Peter Mandelson. I raised an eyebrow when he was appointed to the ambassadorship but said nothing. I wish I had. My disappointment in Starmer for all the political mistakes his government have made has now reached fever pitch. I welcomed him as the adult /(cont)

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I have always known that Trump was a loathsome person but this is plumbing the depths. I cannot conceive of any other western leader, ever, stooping this low. I pray that in the upcoming mid term elections, the US public come their senses & cripple this government nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter...

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Rachel Reeves has increased taxes on the poorest in UK society and committed to do the same for the next 5 years by continuing the freeze on personal allowances and tax bands. This is disgusting.

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Listening to the Rachel Reeves give the budget statement to the House of Commons, I am disgusted at the lack of respect given to the speaker. A school debate would be more respectful.

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

The next election should be fought on one issue alone - that of competence. The Tories are are history in that respect. Farage’s party are proving even worse (Kent, Cornwall etc). Labour is fast going down the pan, at least under Starmer. /cont/

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

@uklabourparty.bsky.social is not the Labour party that I recognise and definitely not the party I voted for. For God’s sake stop talking about asylum and get on with fixing the economy, like rejoining the Customs Union and Single Market. Do something that actually works.

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

If Rachel Reeves extends the damaging freeze on personal allowances she is taxing those who can afford it least - pensioners & those on low pay. The allowances should be restored & higher rates increased to pay for it. Labour Government is taxing the poor. STOP IT. #UKBudget #RachelReeves

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

I have listened to the whole (undedited) speech & I have no doubt whatsoever that Trump encouraged the attack of the Capitol. Trump threatens $1bn lawsuit against BBC over documentary www.rte.ie/news/uk/2025...

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Trump threatens $1bn lawsuit against BBC over documentary

US Donald Trump has sent a letter to the BBC threatening legal action over the way a documentary aired edited clips of his speech just before the 2021 US Capitol assault.

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

I have been sailing in Marineverse Club on the high seas for the past year. I found that for navigation purposes it was useful to have a calculator for course and speed over the ground. This developed into a VMG (Vector made good) calculator

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Let me be clear: 1. I support protest against the proscribing of Palestine Action as a terrorist group. They are protesting against the law. They have every right to do this. 2. I do not support Palestine Action. I do not support any group that damages property.

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

A short video showing the MarineVerse Sailing Club mobile app which is in the advanced Beta stage. youtu.be/lTkPuaVN2cU

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MarineVerse Sailing Club - mobile app

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

I detest Donald Trump and all that he stands for, but if he pulls off the Gaza deal, then I will give him the credit. It is not perfect but it is far better than the alternative.

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

How is it that MAGA supporters are unable to see that the Trump has gone completely off the wall. I guess his appointees are all in it for the power and the money, but the masses? They are being screwed but they don’t seem to realise it.

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

I just posted a video on YouTube showing a bit of global sailing in @marineverse.bsky.social Marineverse Sailing Club. If you are into sailing in any way, then this is the best place to go. youtu.be/KOmaNFvPxpE?...

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Sailing the Ocean in Virtual Reality

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

I do not understand why the @ukgovernment.bsky.social will not open safe routes for immigrants. This will save lives and save money. Just do it, if only for humanitatian reasons. #immigration #SmallBoats

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I get so bored with Trump talking down Biden in every statement he makes.

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

UK government has been dealt a cruel hand. The ambassador to King Donald has been accused of lesser error of judgment than Trump. Mandelson should go, but that would send an insult to Trump. Was Starmer aware of this when Mandelson was appointed? If so, then both are culpable

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

One of the joys in my old age is sailing the oceans in virtual reality. @marineverse.bsky.social Marineverse Sailing Club is an international club with both regular inshore racing but also global cruising and racing.

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

I feel very sorry for Angela Rayner. She found herself in an invidious position given the very complex legal situation with the trust for her child. A person other than a government minister would have been forgiven for the oversight. As a minister she was required to take precautions. Sad.

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

More evidence that the orange one is continuing to deny what is in front of his eyes: record temperatures all over the world, increasing storms, increasing desalination of the sea resulting is less density thus disrupting the global climate etc. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/c...

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Energy Dept. Attacks Climate Science in Contentious Report

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

This is what happens when dogma beats common sense. Trump's deportation goals are making a mockery of the slogan on the Statue of Liberty "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free”. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...

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ICE Took Half Their Work Force. What Do They Do Now?

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

It strikes me that allowing political parties to accept donations from companies with vested interests cannot be in the best interest of the country. Any country.

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Moira O'Brien @moiraob.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Ronal Reagan on tariffs - Trump pay attention. www.youtube.com/shorts/Mj6N-...

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Ronald Reagan on Tariffs

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